 Satguru Siva Yogaswami Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
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 Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Kauai's Hindu Monastery, USA |
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November 27, 2000
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Mula Hindu Year 5102: Vikrama, the "Year of Fulfillment" |
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 Everyday during our noon meal, when all the monks are together, the Bodhaka of the day does a "Master Course Reading." One lesson from Living with Siva, The sutra of the day, one lesson from Dancing with Siva and one Lesson from Merging with Siva. It takes only about 10 minutes. It's really inspiring to hear while enjoying our rice and curry meal. Gurudeva's new commentaries on the Vedic Yamas and Niyamas, form a part of the new version of Living with Siva. And some of us are hearing them for the very first time. In today's lesson from Living with Siva, Gurudeva explains the ancient precept of "non-stealing" in modern day terms. . .elucidating how the use of credit cards beyond ones' means is a form of stealing. And is even a kind of addiction, to OPEOM "Other People's Money."
"Charge it to my card. . .Oh, overdrawn?. . .sorry, try this one!"
Cybertalk: A cyberspace devotee in Texas wonders what are the duties and qualities of a guru. Gurudeva says that by looking at those around the guru one can discern the qualities of the guru as they reflect the inner qualities of the guru. Another cyber devotee wonders if someone develops mental illness can they be cured in this lifetime or do they need to be reborn. Gurudeva says that from a Hindu perspective there is no such thing as a mental illness. With a firm philosophical background we see things as the way they are not as we want them to be. Title: Qualities and duties of a guru, Mental illness Category: The Guru Length: 2 min., 33 seconds Date Given: October 10th, 2000
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Please note: Gurudeva only responds to questions from the general public on matters that are suitable for our public cyber audience. Personal or intimate questions sent to this address are not answered. A detailed index of past inspired talks is available here. Transcription of One of Gurudeva's CyberTalks November_22_2000 Title: Reincarnation Category: Hinduism and Tradition Duration: 2 min., 35 seconds Date Given: October 6, 2000 A cyberspace devotee, named Lawrence, asks, "What do you mean when you say, you reincarnate wherever your mind is?" The journey between leaving one physical body and attaining another, is a journey with a destination. Therefore, prior to beginning the journey we either make up our mind or not, on where we are going to go. A person displaced from his own home, does not know where to go and is found wandering aimlessly around on the streets. Similarly, those who do not believe in reincarnation die suddenly, they have nothing in mind about where to go, and what to do. They do not even believe that they are going to exist after a physical body is gone. So, there is no plan for their rebirth. But, someone who is knowledgeable about rebirth will have in their mind a destination, either within the same family or in another country. Whatever they are thinking about most, that is what they will go into when they pass on. People who watch pornography need a lot of help, because if all that is in their mind, that is where they are going to go. A cyberspace devotee, Rosina, is a little confused about, "How long between incarnations? The Tibetans say that you reincarnate within forty-nine days. But others say that you reincarnate in ten years, twenty years, one hundred years. What is the answer?" The Tibetans, as a community, probably know more about reincarnation than any community on earth today. They have probably worked out that Tibetans do reincarnate within forty-nine days. But, this is not a universal happening because some people are not of any community and others are of fragmented communities. Certainly in Hinduism, there are many, many, many different communities. So, reincarnation is a many-faceted system.  This year end mailing for the San Marga Iraivan Temple fund raising was one of the largest ever, over 11,000 pieces, which were kept in the temple for several days and today went to the US Post Office.  The fund raising goal to complete the temple is US$12.5 Million. Please give generously. Your donation will help build and endow a monument to last 1000 years.  Thambynathan Sivaram (right) is serving for a few weeks in the Ganapati Kulam. Here he is helping Sadhaka Dandapani put a few Innersearch packages together that are going off to Finland, Trinidad, Mauritius and Chicago. The people in Finland have already started to prepare for Gurudeva's arrival next August and in Mauritius our monks there are responding to the growing interest for this voyage. Excitement is growing among Gurudeva's devotees in Northern Europe and plans are being made to welcome Gurudeva again after some years. Northern European Innersearch  An eleven acre site in Bangalore, India, where 75 Indian families live and daily carve the sacred white granite edifice of Iraivan Temple which will soon begin to be assembled on the island of Kauai  This is the altar after puja at the Bangalore carving site, in front are the sandals of the Guru, worshipped in his absence.  Gurudeva's other monastery in the island country of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean near South Africa  Our monastery proceeds according to the traditional moon calendar, rather than the commonly used sun calendar. On the fifth day of our "phase" or moon week, we pilgrimage out to the far end of our property to worship Lord Murugan as the six faced Arumugam.  Arumugam was carved in India from a single piece of granite, and is of a beauty and quality which is rarely being carved nowdays, and which would be almost impossible to have made outside of India. This is how he looks to a small child.  After our worship of Lord Muruga, we walk back to the Panchamuka Ganapati Mandapam where we listen to a talk recorded by Gurudeva. Today the talk was on being motivated by the soul. "How to Become A Hindu"! Gurudeva's latest book release is now available Hot Off the Press! Visit the Himalayan Academy Book Store Web Site get the book and read the incredible testimonies of the early pioneers from the west who chose to make a full and complete conversion to Hinduism, legally change both their first and last names to Hindu names, change their lifestyles, sever their formal connections to previous faiths and joyously face the challenges in joining the tribe of the Sanatana Dharma Visiting Kauai's Hindu Monastery If you are planning to visit Kauai, please go first to our our visitor's page. Thank you. 12 Glorious Days, 8 Enchanting Countries and One Chance in a Lifetime! Join Gurudeva for Himalayan Academy's 17th travel-study program, the 2001 European Innersearch, themed the "Hinduism Today Adventure". Go to www.innersearch.org and for more detailed information, please contact Sadhaka Dandapani. Space is limited and filling up fast! Very Important: Please include your mailing address and telephone number in the body of your message. We will keep you posted as the program develops. Sign our guestbook and we will send you a free issue of our global full-color bi-monthly magazine, Hinduism Today. For those who have been touched spiritually by Gurudeva's work, his books, his guidance, his inspired life and example and even his website, the "Thank You, Gurudeva Fund" has been established within Hindu Heritage Endowment. Proceeds from this fund last forever; they're not a one-time gift. So gifts to this fund have eternal gratitude built into them. They live on in perpetuity. Each month Gurudeva receives the income from the fund to be used at his own discretion to promote his work and mission around the globe. He loves this, for he knows that it comes from all the good souls who have met him and studied with him, traveled with him or just talked with him over the years. A contribution to this fund is tax-deductible. |
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